coach paintings, and my conversation with owner Socorro

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Message: 20
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:01:12 -0000
From: "ronmarabito2002"
Subject: Re: old heat tape on pipes

Tom:

Do you already have a location for painting your coach? What
kind of paint will they use and what kind of cost?

Also, did you ever consider a stop in Quartzsite in January
during the big RV get together there?

R.E. (ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40

Ron the name of the paint place in Yuma is Navarro's Paint shop and it is
actually just across the border in Algodones. When I talked with Socorro (one
of the owners)in June, he said that when I was ready to have the coach
painted he would meet me in Yuma and look at my coach and give me a price on
painting. He is familiar with painting Blue Birds, but I have yet to talk with
anyone who has had their Blue Bird painted by them. However, the guy I got this
information from had his GM painted there and was extremely please, cost of
about $5000.00. When I asked about how long it would take he said if there
was not a lot of body work, about 10-12 days, AND we can live in the coach
while they are painting it. I hope I don't glow in the dark for six months
after the paint job. Quartzsite sounds good after the coach painting on the
way
to HWH to have my jacks rehabed. If I remember the correctly, the cut throat
trout start hitting really good the beginning of June on the St. Joe and
Coeur d'Alene, so we need to in that vicinity by then.

If anyone has a better line on paint jobs, please let me know. I have been
in discussion with Stephen Birtles about having the coach painted there, but
the time frame was long and I could not stay in the coach while it was being
painted.

Tom Meservey, USN (Ret)
'81FC33' in Cincinnati



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